Thumpalumpacus
Major
I think it's the loss-registers, for both aircraft and pilots. This is of course a strategic-level counting. If I'm killing more of your pilots than you are killing mine, I am winning. Which particular pilot getting the credit, shit, they can fight that out at the O-club.
Counting coup is a thing that goes back thousands of years, and probably more ... but who is the most Sierra Hotel is not as important as who is winning the damned war.
Counting coup is a thing that goes back thousands of years, and probably more ... but who is the most Sierra Hotel is not as important as who is winning the damned war.